Entry № 3028 · Other origin

Envy Envy — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ EN-vee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Other
Meaning
"FMA shape-shifter Homunculus + Ishvalan War"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Modern (Japanese)

A name that means "fma shape-shifter homunculus + ishvalan war".

Envy is from the Japanese manga — referencing the Christian Seven Deadly Sins. Envy is a character in Fullmetal Alchemist (2001-2010) and Brotherhood (2009-2010) by Hiromu Arakawa. The FMA manga has sold over 80 million copies worldwide. Envy is the shape-shifter Homunculus capable of transforming into any human or animal form.

FMA shape-shifter Homunculus + Ishvalan War.

The name in its native script.

エンヴィー
Transliteration
Envī
Pronunciation
/ ˈɛn.vi /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Envy stands.

Envy does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Envys before her.

Real people

In fiction
Envy (FMA)
FMA shape-shifter Homunculus.
2001

Names connected to Envy.

The number behind Envy.

3

The Communicator

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Envy reduce to 3, The Communicator. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.